syno petricola sick
Posted: 15 May 2005, 01:52
My syno petricola is sick and it is baffling me.He was in a tank so that he would get bigger I noticed one day that he was acting very strangely,up against the glass and listlesly staying in the same spot.Since he is a very lively fish when I did see him I thought this strange and as soon as was possible I did a check on the amonia and nitrites and nitrates,all were high so I moved him from that tank into a seperate tank and into a breeding floater.Since that time he has progressivly had a problem that started on his tail and the area was a very pale pink it is now to his anal fin and and he has no tail.He still is moving and seems interested in some things,for some reason I decided to go with pimafix as it seemed to me more of a bacteria thing,this has slowed the movement and I used 2 tablets of mericyn 2 in quarters and he seems somewhat better.I have two things to ask;am I being cruel with this and should I try melafix instead.he is one of my favorites and I would hate to lose him either way but dont like anything to suffer.